DaRoach
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
I know what you're thinking: "DAMN DUDE JUST FINISH ONCE UPON AN ADVENTURE!" But when an idea strikes you just gotta jump on it. What can I say?
DaRoach is a very simplistic arcade styled Maze Game where you play as the title character, DaRoach. Run around various mazes filled with traps and enemies to collect 4 gems before you run out of lives!
DAROACH'S MASTER THIEF GUIDE - THE BASICS
Controller | Keyboard | |
Move | D-Pad / Joystick | Arrow Keys |
Accept | A | Z |
Cancel | B | X |
Exit Level | X | Shift |
I suggest playing with a controller, but a keyboard works fine since it's just basic 4 direction movement. I didn't remove mouse click controls because, options right? But a friend told me Yumonsters kept crashing when they played the game like that. So idunno.
ARCADE MODE
A 10 level arcade ladder. Guide DaRoach through Quito Corp's floors, robbing them blind and taking all their money! There's fun cutscenes (like 3 of them BUT STILL!)
ENDLESS MODE
How many levels can you clear with only 3 lives? Only one way to find out! Dive into Endless Mode and play as long as you can across roughly 27 levels.
CHARACTERS
TRICKS AND TREATS
DOOR - Just a regular door. Nothing fancy. Run through it to open it! But be warned, some enemies will be able to Walk through once you open it for them. | |
SPIKES - Run over the regular holes and spikes will pop out! It's a one way street! You can run over the spikes again if you don't mind losing some points and time. | |
SWITCH DOOR - When the door is down, you can walk right on through. But if it's up, no one can move through it. Hit the switch to change the door's state! | |
ARROWS - Green means go, Red means stop. Touching the green one speeds DaRoach up, touching red slows him down! | |
ROOMBUG - A regular cleaning roomba. They move quick, but if you're still when they touch you, you'll be safe! | |
MISSILE - HUH!? Why is Quito Corp developing weapons!? These missiles follow you around intensely. But they can also destroy anything that might contain gems in them when the gems aren't at the 4 corners of a stage (nudge nudge wink wink say no more). | |
TREASURE - Random treasures left around on each level! Be sure to pick these up! They're worth a lot of points and are your best chance to get a 1-Up in Arcade Mode! | |
GEMS - The main goal of the game! Collect all 4 to beat the stage! The 4 gems are always tucked away in the 4 corners of each stage, so just make your way there! |
OTHER PRO TIPS
1-Ups : You can only get 1-Ups in Arcade Mode, but if you get a high enough score you'll be able to find them!
Edges of the map : The center left/right edges of the map will teleport you to the other side! No escaping your 9 to 5!
Holding Shift : Pressing shift during any level will allow you to quit back to the main menu! You'll be given an instant game over and have to start all over though! Holding shift while pressing Scores will also give you the option to delete your save data, if needed.
Game Over : If you run out of lives, you get a Game Over. In Endless, you'll be booted back to the title. But in Arcade, you'll be given the chance to try the level over again like nothing happened. Nobody saw that!
Continue later : In Arcade mode only, the game will save between each stage. Meaning you can just close out of the game and it'll keep your progress. DO NOT EXIT WITH SHIFT IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE LATER, that will delete your progress.
Secrets? : Some stuff might become available after you beat Arcade Mode once... Hidden somewhere on the main menu. Idunno. I can't say more, they're coming for-
OH NO, THEY FOUND ME!
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PLUGINS USED
REMOVETITLESCREEN PLUGIN CREATED BY SUMRNDMDDE
EVENTS_TOUCHING_TRIGGER PLUGIN CREATED BY CT_BOLT
Thank you both again for your plugins, the game wouldn't have been possible without them!
And that's about the gist of it! Have fun making a mess of Quito Corp! Good luck, DaRoach!
Development log
- DaRoach 1-Year Anniversary!!Nov 07, 2023
- DaRoach Day 1 Patch is outNov 06, 2022
- DaRoach is out ToDay!Nov 06, 2022
Comments
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Love the characters and the art! DaRoach has some great voice lines especially. I would agree with some of the points from the previous comment about mercy invincibility/i-frames. I also felt like the count-down timer might've added a little too much pressure, but that's just me. Overall a great concept for a maze/stealth game that's kind of like Pac-Man with some added complexity.
That was fun! Felt like a cool Pac-Man like game with great level variety. Even this itch.io page feels sort of like illustrations on the side of an arcade cabinet. Don't know if that was intentional but it was cool and helpful. I do wish the screen was bigger so I could see the full map at once though. Getting hit by guards can feel janky too, I often got "stun locked" and wish there was some mercy invincibility.
The characters and cutscenes are cute, the voices were pretty funny too. I believe I found the secret the game description teased after beating the arcade mode and it's a really cool addition! Definitely worth playing all the way through!